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just because it's assless... (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by no_nothing to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

it's developer-speak for "internationalization". i didn't want to type it all out on my phone. it's a very stupid abbreviation because it conveys no information.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

To expand on this: It's common practice in IT/dev/devops to shorten things by first letter - number of letters in between - last letter

So you get things like i18n - internationalization, l10n - localization and k8s - kubernetes. Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz also seem to think they're important enough that people should call them a16z. Which apparently some people do.

[–] donuts 10 points 4 days ago

I think the best one is a11y (accessibility) because it looks like ally so it's easier to remember

[–] Alxe 6 points 4 days ago

Adding some context: it's because there are 18 abbreviated letters, hence i18n.